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Thursday, 27 September 2012

Shades of red and other colours

What a difference a few hours made - the rain Monday afternoon gave way to a beautiful sunset here in Suffolk - luckily I was in the right place at the right time and snapped a picture on my phone;

We were lucky here - yes it rained but there was no flooding and destruction like in other parts of the country - quite shocking to see the news pictures.

Tuesday I went to visit my Grandma - as ever I had a plastic tub with me so I could collect the blackberries that grow along the driveway. I also raided her orchard as I knew there were pears that were ready to pick - some for her and some for me. I also collected some of the windfalls for jam making.

After lots of peeling & poaching of the pears - it was time to add them to the blackberries I've been collecting - the perfect amount - 1kg of fruit for 1kg of jam sugar. After bubbling away nicely it was time to jar it up - 6 jars in total - 5 for us and 1 for my Grandma :)

I've also been making pressies this week - this time for a stitch and bitch group friend - a simple string of rainbow felt hearts finished off with a jingly bell. Each heart being edged with blanket stitch in a contrasting colour;

Today there was a very rare sight. Me wearing trainers! and also gym gear. Yep I've rejoined the gym - I used to go regularly a few years ago and enjoyed it but the job I had at the time increased its hours and sadly I stopped going. Well after thinking about it since I stopped physio I finally made the call the other week and today was my first session with an instructor. Off tomorrow for a proper work out - I wonder how much my body will ache on Saturday? Probably quite a lot but am sure it will be worth it long term!

As its the end of the month almost it time for 2 mosaic pictures. Firstly 9 pictures that sum up September in the VV household;

Spiders, berries, butterflies, back to school, The Tour of Britain, autumn fruits, leaves changing colour, the steam fair at Henham and lastly chutney making time.

There have even been a few makes this month - mostly for the fair in 2 weeks time - more have been made since these pictures were taken. I need to spend a day with my sewing machine this weekend as there are strings of bunting to be made too.

Right that's more than enough for tonight - my eyes are feeling very tired. As soon as Little Son gets home from brass practise I'm off to bed!

We had just the same sky last night - I love to think how people around the world see the same things at the same time. I am also looking at 'your' tablecloth as I type... nice new header, which exactly matches my current surroundings. Your jam looks great. We are planning chilli jam this weekend - we have SO many chillis!

oh the aroma of the pears and berries stewing must have been wonderful ! I love your mosaics - never tried doing these. Good luck, I joined the gym & have been about four times only. Joe has started to go regularly tp buff up !

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About Me

Single Mum of 2 rapidly growing boys - big son (18) and little son (16).
I work part-time in a charity shop and absolutely love it.
When at home I love baking, sewing, crocheting, jam making and reading.
My favourite things are flowers, polka dots, vintage china, ladybird books and folk music (am a huge Bellowhead/Jon Boden fan) :)Oh and I Morris Dance too !!